Interesting times lie ahead for the staff and students of Bay Vista Middle School. A wealthy son of a recently deceased staff member sees fit to make a substantial financial contribution to the school as a form of tribute to his late mother, but the...

Life After is a work of fiction in the interpersonal drama, grief and loss, and coming-of-age subgenres. It is intended for the young adult reading audience but can also be enjoyed by adult readers as it deals with strong themes of death, loss, pain, and...

A Girl Teaching Art Classes In The Spooky Woods Near A Witch by Bob Pendarvis is the second graphic novel in a series. Jennie and Jenny are two contented cats, happy to wander Spooky Woods and sleep their days away. Then Ana sets up an...

Sixteen-year-old Cos McDhai has an average life for an Irish boy growing up in Iowa, but a beautiful girl in a green Pinto changes everything. The summer will remain etched in his mind as the girl, Kathy, pushes his boundaries and makes him fall...

Mentors and Tormentors: On the Journey to Self-Respect by Tim Jones, MD, is a must-read. The year is 1974; Wendall Nichols and his little brother, Damon, live in Benson, Kansas. Wendall thinks he's oppressed and is unhappy. But he isn't aware of how privileged he...

Social Vampire is a work in the coming of age, interpersonal drama, and social issues subgenres. Penned by James Schannep, it is intended for the young adult reading audience. In this delightful, amusing, and heartfelt teen drama, we meet newcomer Gordon when he’s about to...

Two Between Worlds is an enticing romance and paranormal tale by Nissa Harlow. Arianna Warne and Ephraim Diaz-Pierce have known each other since childhood. Crippled by her anxiety disorder, Ari takes comfort in Eph's soothing aura. His lack of arms is no obstacle to their...

Wonderless by Shelby Raebeck follows a teenager named Little Man and his friends as they navigate the historical, cultural, and generational changes as part of the younger generation in the 21st century. Little Man was conceived on September 11, 2001, the day of the attacks...

Shadow Runner by K.J. Fieler is a coming-of-age adventure story about Ada, a young girl taken from her affluent life and turned into an assassin. Ada is just ten years old when she is snatched away from her dysfunctional yet rich family by Nadine, a...

An Eighth Grade Gay Straight Alliance by Daniel Micko is the story of two 8th graders who fall in love but not by choice. Our protagonists grew up in Modesto, California, in conservative Muslim families where right was right and wrong was wrong. Brooklyn Jennings...